Best Hand Gestures For Public Speaking

Do you know what hand gestures to use when speaking and why? You'll learn how different hand gestures give off a different perception of you.
Here's a breakdown of all the hand gestures in the video:
🤚 Triangle: Appear more confident and knowledgeable - 0:07
🤚 Open Triangle: Friendly, confident, and knowledgeable (not so business-like) - 0:57
🤚 Open Palms: Come across as conversational and friendly - 2:27
🤚 Cut: More assertive - 3:06
🤚 Flow of Movements (Fluid vs Strict): 3:36
🤚 Circle: Insightful, thoughtful, important idea - 4:35
--------------------------------------
Ready To Beat Public Speaking Anxiety?
Register for my most popular free training:
www.bostonspeaks.com/nofearsp...
--------------------------------------
VIDEOS YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
Virtual Presence Tips For Online Meetings and Presentations • Virtual Presence Tips ...
How To Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
• How To Overcome Public...
How To Stop Using Filler Words (Um, Ah, So, Like, You Know)
• How To Stop Using Fill...
10 Reasons Why Your Presentation Is Boring People
• 10 Reasons Why Your Pr...
***
Meet Kit Pang:
Kit has helped hundreds of leaders and high-performing professionals speak with greater confidence and influence. His experiences include being the founder of BostonSpeaks, a Harvard Business School Public Speaking Coach, and a 3-Time TEDx Speaker Coach.
➡️ IF YOU'RE READY TO STEP IT UP AS A SPEAKER, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1) STRUGGLING WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY? Register for my most popular training: www.bostonspeaks.com/nofearsp...
​
2) SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: / @bostonspeaks
3) GET COACHING: Learn more about how we can work together at www.bostonspeaks.com/
​
****

[@BostonSpeaks]

Here's a breakdown of all the hand gestures in the video:
🤚 0:07
, Triangle: Appear more confident and knowledgeable
🤚 0:57
, Open Triangle: Friendly, confident, and knowledgeable (not so business-like)
🤚 2:27
, Open Palms: Come across as conversational and friendly
🤚 3:06
, Cut: More assertive
🤚 3:36
, Flow of Movements (Fluid vs Strict)
🤚 4:35, Circle: Insightful, thoughtful, important idea

[@0820XXX]

I appreciate this advice from you Kit also.

[@BostonSpeaks]

@@0820XXX Thank you!

[@s10d_9_sanchezskyalphonsus5]

Thanks, Kit, I'll be practicing a speech, so this will be useful!

[@nhelrebolanan]

so helpful!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

@@nhelrebolanan glad it was helpful

[@cattypiller7699]

wow you still ❤️ comments 2 years later, thats rare af.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Ha thanks Chowcilbee and happy new year!

[@Shorts-iq5ho]

4

[@husseinmerhi4021]

You meant 5

[@tama988]

great drop of knowledge. always good content Kit!!!

[@joohyeong5134]

Thank you for some tips!! In the university presentation, I was able to get a lot of help from this video.☺️

[@solidworksforbeginnersin2053]

I like your explanations of gestures and their usage in practical life.

[@akshayaravi2360]

Holy crap... i never knew opening up your palms, and pointing your palm upwards etc could cause such major differences! Thank you!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Go use em!

[@misterfergusso]

Thanks man!

[@lunarlu1549]

excellent !!! 💯👍👍

[@ayusharts9261]

Thanks a lot it helps me lot in tuition

[@conniegreco8409]

Love this, looking forward to watching your other videos.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Connie. Lmk if you have any questions along the way.

[@amarnanwani3959]

I use these hand gestures... My friends call me intelligent and I am highly confident guy... I am the good leader.
Great your video I am borne with these gestures, I follow them ☺️😚

[@climateconcern23]

Thank you! I need this❤

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful

[@jonelljohndomondon8801]

I desperately need this today. Thanks!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Let's go 💪💪💪

[@anonymous_1387]

Thank you!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful

[@alexanderlyon]

Good stuff, Kit. I like the small differences that have an impact.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Alex!! Hope you are doing well.

[@progrocker2112]

This is one of the best videos I've encounters and I'm going to try to integrate it. Thank you!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you for the comment! Means alot

[@jaonajackson7579]

This will help me with my speech now thanks so much

[@doctorbruno693]

Great stuff. I love the content. Very interesting, specially the triangle 👍🏾👏🏾

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks so much Doctor Bruno!

[@FluentinFinance]

Thanks for this!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY for watching.

[@jillywilson4582]

You are so very informative, thank you Kit.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Jilly!

[@antona8013]

Great video! A lot of useful hand gestures, very well explained, and you got straight to the point! Thank you Kit!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks 🙏

[@AbideNowinJesus]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Kim!

[@sdsuccess3528]

Thanks for the practical tips! It's helpful that you modeled each one as you talked about them. I plan to have my public speaking class watch some of your videos; thanks for making such useful content!

[@BostonSpeaks]

That's great to hear! Let me know if there are any questions =)

[@conniegreco8409]

Thank you

[@orevilla1974]

Many many thanks, very simple but great advice,

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Omar! Go use some of em today!

[@zanefitzgerald2492]

This helps heaps thank you

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks for watching 🔥

[@anasshahid224]

Thank you Kit! Really helped 🙌

[@BostonSpeaks]

Great!

[@jenniferbermudez5035]

very informative, thanks!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Jennifer! Go use some of them today!

[@danielzhao296]

I love this video, hope you keep on teaching more inspired people!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you Daniel!

[@chassis2928]

Thank u for this! I rlly need this good thing I saw this 💯💯💯

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks. Hope it was helpful =)

[@user-pw9me9tp7k]

Nice!

[@SATYAMSINGH-xq8rk]

Thanks

[@Amine76532]

Thanks bro I'll need this tomorrow

[@BostonSpeaks]

GL

[@ZackScriven]

Loving this RUclips content!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Hey Zack! Thanks for that comment. I hope you are practicing your public speaking?!

[@drawwithshruti6236]

My speech completion is there tomorrow your hand gesture are helping me so much🙏🌹🌹thanks

[@has4030]

Fantastic video. Not enough credit is given how actively you apply the gestures while teaching us about them.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Hasan.

[@pilosopotasyo1862]

Thank you Sir. This is very helpful!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad you found it to be helpful. Thank you!

[@coldpizza884]

Hey just stumbled onto this video. Want to say I loved the content. I found it really engaging, will have to come back and watch it again.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Have a great one.

[@Pixel3]

Great video and very simple.

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY and go use them!

[@peterbrayshaw4163]

Thanks that was very helpful

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Peter! Hope you use some of them!

[@PicoDePaulo]

Thank you a ton! I got a presentation tomorrow and these tips will definitely help!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it helped!

[@markkevinandres2937]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This will be a great help for our impromptu speech.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks and GL with the impromptu speech

[@carlettajackson8659]

Great video!!!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY

[@karentaylorsmells]

Lovely video, thanks so much

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Karen!

[@kenbernarte7902]

thanks

[@zhihangzheng1994]

very practical and cool gestures

[@BostonSpeaks]

Hope it helps

[@jonathanrosales17]

Thank you so much! Very informative and this is a friendly reminder to someone who actually studied communications. I've been making educational tiktoks for almost 9 months and because of the vertical videos I can't show my hands a lot. But the times where I feel I need to show my hand gestures and motions sometimes I nailed it and sometimes not. But for my first RUclips videos this is super "handy". 🙌

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks for watching, what's your tiktok channel name. Will check it out.

[@deboraharyee4280]

Well noted thank you 😊 💕

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you Deborah

[@yan.370]

Thank youuuu!!!, This video helped me for my presentations

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful

[@camilordofficial]

Great video!!!!!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank for watching

[@amitmalhotra429]

Thanks bro for this advice

[@BostonSpeaks]

Let's gooooo

[@MandeepSingh-lp9ch]

Great

[@choppchakebum2250]

Thank you very muchh senpai👍

[@ronaldjoseph9168]

Very informative and useful information

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY

[@siddharth00007]

Thnx dude

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks

[@mypa_pf]

I was looking for a video with this guy doing crazy hand gestures and saw this video, and i gotta say it was really good and i might use it.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Lol, maybe I'll do some crazy hand gestures next time.

[@glejk1808]

Looks like im gonna be using this for a lot thanks :))

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks

[@kathymurphy4144]

Fantastic RUclips prezo Kit! Excellent and actionable advice.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Kathy Murphy thanks Kathy! You rock 🎤

[@kathleenmurphy5665]

Thanks Kit. You made my day. :)
@@BostonSpeaks

[@ahmedpervez676]

Thanks, needed this desperately

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks Ahmed. Hope you found it to be helpful!

[@ahmedpervez676]

@@BostonSpeaks Yes I found it very helpful,it elevated my speech

[@fahmidakhananny4473]

Thanks a lot

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you Fahmida!

[@game-dev1782]

You deserve more for what you do not just the video but the comments and replies👍👍

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks, means alot

[@vcwsh8803]

Good sharing ... Am a trainer here in singapore

[@anjanamd4237]

What's popping man thanks I have a speech for the class president hopefully I get selected

[@Mr.Ahsan__]

Great ❤️❤️

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks

[@lifehealthandhappiness5661]

Short and effective video

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you and hope you found it to be helpful.

[@megalar1854]

Thank you so much . Love From Indis

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY

[@futureceo8943]

i have a socratic seminar tomorrow for english and this is very helpful. ty!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Which hand gesture are you going to use?

[@doomhammer6664]

I wish this was common knowledge growing up, I always wondered why some people just really caught my attention & this was it 😂 gonna try this my self and hopefully implement it into my daily life! Thank you very much

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nickfarris2256]

About to deliver an online speech! Thanks for the tips

[@BostonSpeaks]

Go crush it!

[@fihazaidi9392]

Hey thanks I've a seminar in school

[@jashanpreetsingh6056]

Thank you from india.

[@mathteacher5690]

Thx🙂

[@BostonSpeaks]

TY

[@kensears5099]

That arched, "steepled fingers" gesture is one I avoid uncompromisingly, ever since I did it in a public speaking course and my teacher said it was an expression of boredom. Over the 40 years or so since then, observing others and noting when they resort to the "triangle," it has grown very clear to me that the professor was right. People resort to the triangle when they are in a perfunctory, rote, scripted mood, rattling off what they know they have to tell you but is quite "old" and thoroughly unengaging to their own minds.

[@bluesp6267]

Thankssss ..You have no idea how this helped me sir

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KuldeepKumar-nl4jj]

It is worth watching this video...

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks @Kuldeep!

[@janremarangelootod3596]

Thanksss

[@BostonSpeaks]

Let's go!

[@theschoolofbodylanguage]

Hi, Kit Congratulations!!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thank you!!

[@diwakarsharma007]

Thnx sir this video is very helpful 😇😇😇

[@BostonSpeaks]

Glad it was helpful 🤓

[@keanryabdurrahmanshiddiq6797]

I love how you still replying your subscriber comment, great content ❤

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks so much, that's because im still a small channel and don't get that many comments anyway. Hope this video was helpful

[@MrYass24]

Amazing thank you for the tips! But why did the video end so abruptly though?

[@BostonSpeaks]

Thanks TheMaster-Y! To be honest, bad editing =/ One of my first videos up and I didn't do such a good job.

[@nitingaba8281]

Walk tips for at the time of giving presentation😊

[@Mowizzy1]

I must be a natural born leader because I have always used all this hand gestures since I was very young. And I have to confirm that people do listen and pay attention when I speak. This was good to know because I had no idea the effect my habit had on people

[@BostonSpeaks]

That's great to hear Moipone. You are a natural!

[@Zheren69]

Natural born idiot

[@taylah1218]

Work presentation tomorrow and stumbled on this...thank you!!!

[@BostonSpeaks]

hope you crushed it!

[@taylah1218]

@@BostonSpeaks I did!! :) :)

[@BostonSpeaks]

@@taylah1218 good to hear 🥳🥳🥳

[@jaykamhi]

Great content! Do you do personal consultations?

[@BostonSpeaks]

Hey Jay ~ Glad you enjoyed the video. Please visit the website if you're interested in working together: www.bostonspeaks.com/

[@hehehehehheheheheheheheheh9805]

I am about to give a speech tomorrow for a competition any advice ? Please tell

[@meganmills4025]

Great tips, especially if you don’t overdue the gestures. There is a fine line between excellence and trying too hard.

[@BostonSpeaks]

Well said Megan!

[@doodleandy8036]

Why I do I feel like I should go to the store and buy apples and bananas? 😂 excellent video, thank you!

[@dreamcatcher419]

I’m doing this thing at my school called a speech festival, and I have to do a speech on the railway air brake and how it impacted lives. I tend to be really stiff and don’t practice that much so it takes me a while to incorporate gestures. Which gesture should I use?

[@BostonSpeaks]

Use the palms up and gesture towards people or the camera. It will give you more flow.

[@blackpink_blinkzyy]

Thank you! But can i use the strict way for powerful speeches?

[@BostonSpeaks]

Yes you can 🎤🎤

[@blackpink_blinkzyy]

Thanks!

[@glennreybingcang3004]

❤

[@stanningeveryone7811]

COMING HERE BCS MY HANDS CANT STOP MOVING WHEN PRESENTING 😭 REALLY CRITICAL FOR ME

[@BostonSpeaks]

Hope this helps

[@kiranbala500]

My teacher always scold me for doing hand movements while answering a question or talking on any topic or when i tell some concepts related to understanding of concepts. He getting angry on me . And tell me in future this habit become an adverse effects on me . I can't do anything because it become habit for me .I can't leave this habit . It helps me to express me more easily. I think i use hands movements faster and more..
Tell me what should I do.
Sorry for bad English 😅

[@BostonSpeaks]

It's your teacher's preference. Imagine someone who likes spicy food tells you that your cooking is bad because it wasn't spicy enough

[@BostonSpeaks]

Improve your virtual presence so you can stand out on your next video call or virtual presentation, watch this: ruclips.net/video/ZnneG-PdNeQ/видео.html

[@thomasgulliver4522]

Wow you're still responding after years!

[@BostonSpeaks]

@@thomasgulliver4522 Yes sir!

[@thomasgulliver4522]

@@BostonSpeaks Wow you responded thanks man this really helped me with my English speech today!

[@BostonSpeaks]

@@thomasgulliver4522 Glad it went well!

[@lilypontague7639]

Thanks, this video really helped me incorporate some gestures and hand movements into my speech to make it more interesting!

[@noriemacatangay3562]

thankyou, i have to perform a speech today 😭

[@jsjb3468]

🌟

[@fiqllency1758]

2:31

[@YT-FallMaster]

thanks I never really use hands when I speak bc it’s not very naturally for me

[@BostonSpeaks]

Let me know how it goes

[@festerbutt]

Ironically these gestures are red flags in criminal psychology during interrogations.

[@48hd38]

I liked the Karate chop ......n' hey how did it get cut off ????ended

[@BostonSpeaks]

K4 raja babu sorry that was the end, bad editing. Still new at it. It went to a different section afterwards.

[@practicodelaconspiracion]

would not be much repetitive for all the public speakears outting their hands like you suggested?

[@BostonSpeaks]

Use your own style, that's the best